Re: Albums where the first few bars make a bold statement...
Posted: Fri June 28, 2019 9:48 pm
by doug rr
i'd be up for a Bars where the first few albums make a bold statement...
Re: Albums where the first few bars make a bold statement...
Posted: Fri June 28, 2019 10:13 pm
by Bammer
wease wrote:Jar of Flies
Eh...I don’t think qualifies. Felt like a logical extension of Sap more than a huge stylistic jump
Re: Albums where the first few bars make a bold statement...
Posted: Fri June 28, 2019 11:28 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: Albums where the first few bars make a bold statement...
Posted: Fri June 28, 2019 11:29 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: Albums where the first few bars make a bold statement...
Posted: Fri June 28, 2019 11:41 pm
by Jammer XCI
Badmotorfinger
Re: Albums where the first few bars make a bold statement...
Posted: Fri June 28, 2019 11:42 pm
by LoathedVermin72
YEEZUS
Re: Albums where the first few bars make a bold statement...
Posted: Fri June 28, 2019 11:43 pm
by tragabigzanda
tragabigzanda wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:Top 10 maybe?
Hello Morning
Close Captioned
The Kill
Place/Position
Do You Like Me?
Latest Disgrace
Recap Modotti
Nightshop
Break
Life & Limb
I'd maybe bump Life & Limb for Epic Problem
Re: Albums where the first few bars make a bold statement...
Posted: Sat June 29, 2019 2:16 am
by washing machine
It slaps.
Re: Albums where the first few bars make a bold statement...
Posted: Sat June 29, 2019 2:43 am
by wease
tragabigzanda wrote:
Bammer wrote:
wease wrote:Jar of Flies
Eh...I don’t think qualifies. Felt like a logical extension of Sap more than a huge stylistic jump
Agreed
What about that opening baseline on Jar of Flies feels like Sap? Nothing.
Re: Albums where the first few bars make a bold statement...
Posted: Sat June 29, 2019 2:43 am
by wease
tragabigzanda wrote:Good call on Vs though wease. I’m on the fence about Metallica.
So the opening line of Enter Sandman sounds like all previous Metallica?
Re: Albums where the first few bars make a bold statement...
Posted: Sat June 29, 2019 3:17 am
by rick malone
Enter Sandman sounds like previous Metallica in a way. But it was also in your face(production style, melodic opening) in a way that said they were ready for the stadiums, the mainstream, and done with speed metal.
Bruce Springsteen-Nebraska
Re: Albums where the first few bars make a bold statement...
Posted: Sat June 29, 2019 3:21 am
by McParadigm
Swordfishtrombones
maybe The Wall? It slaps a sneering, bitter, over the top theatricality on the style that post-Obscured Floyd had developed. I feel like it would have been a statement at that time and place.
Vitalogy. No Code.
It Takes a Nation if Millions (discount track one if it helps)
Highway 61 Revisited.
Tonight’s the Night.
What’s Going On.
Re: Albums where the first few bars make a bold statement...
Posted: Sat June 29, 2019 3:46 am
by PHATJ
tragabigzanda wrote:
PHATJ wrote:No Code
Eh...I don’t think qualifies. Felt like a logical extension of Vitalogy and Merkinball more than a huge stylistic jump
Sometimes sounds completely different than the earlier records. It’s also the first PJ album to start with a non rocker. If Hail Hail opened the album you might be right. But it didn’t, and you’re not.
Re: Albums where the first few bars make a bold statement...
Posted: Sat June 29, 2019 4:49 am
by washing machine
Sonic Youth: Sister
First really song-centric album in SY's catalog. Evol was getting there, but still had one foot in the murkiness of their no wave period. Also, Shelley had joined the band for Evol, but his drums on the first few bars of this one really announce his presence in the band.
Re: Albums where the first few bars make a bold statement...
Posted: Sat June 29, 2019 5:03 am
by washing machine
Talking Heads: Remain in Light
From the get-go, the polyrhythyms hit you hard and don't let up for an entire side of the record. Born Under Punches is pretty much just saying "This is an album full of instruments and sounds. Listen to it now" as boldly as it can.
Re: Albums where the first few bars make a bold statement...
Posted: Sat June 29, 2019 5:51 am
by Bammer
Papa Roach: lovehatetragedy
Re: Albums where the first few bars make a bold statement...
Posted: Sat June 29, 2019 12:03 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: Albums where the first few bars make a bold statement...
Posted: Sat June 29, 2019 1:43 pm
by washing machine
I know what you mean.
Also, have we all kind of forgotten Yankee Hotel Foxtrot because it’s just so very obvious an answer for this topic? Fun thread idea, by the way.
Re: Albums where the first few bars make a bold statement...
Posted: Sat June 29, 2019 3:12 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: Albums where the first few bars make a bold statement...
